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I just stopped by and bought 3 shows from the download store. I'm listening to P+F's, Atlanta, 2006 right now. Great show but I can't wait for the 2007 fall tour to be available. Phil has been a great and fair guy, over the years, making available SDB's for free and I intend to support him any way I can.

JerseySchwartz,
Go to Phil's (phillesh.net) site and click on the "Download Fall Tour Shows". He now has official downloads managed by MusicToday, via his web store. The default format is for MP3's so if you want to get FLAC be sure you specify when CHOOSING the show(s) you want to buy. MP3's are cheap! Only $10 per show! I prefer FLAC but I'm somewhat familiar with working in that format. If you're not, the MP3 format is good enough and very easy to download and use with most portable devices and CD players. Some shows offer 256k sampling which is nearer to "lossless". Anyone wishing to learn more about the differences and FLAC in general, Phil supplies a very good link to generic information on the site in several convenient locations. The site has the current fall tour for pre-sale and most shows from 2006, including a very good Bonnaroo show (I was there). Thanks again Phil.

"All energy flows according to the whims of the Great Magnet. What a fool I was to defy him."

And have a great time in Syracuse. Be sure to stop back here with fresh news afterwards.
In other news, we've had to sedate GRTUD, to keep him from posting addendums to his addendums of the review of the Baltimore show. Poor guy just can't take it like the old daze. He nearly spit the bit while goin' 'round the bend on this show. Cumberland Blues sent him skipping off the atmosphere like an unmanned mission to Mars using the Imperial measuring system (we go metric on Monday!). Things like this happen, from time to time and "we" are quite equipped to deal with the situation. Ah, as I speak, he seems to have made a new friend with a rather large Indian fellow. They're off to play a game of basketball, so no need at all for alarm. All is right in the universe!

"All energy flows according to the whims of the Great Magnet. What a fool I was to defy him."

Hal R. - You are quite welcome! Thank you for the compliment and reminding me to be careful for what I wish. I'm glad you stopped by and read the review. Oh, and “it is the mucus that binds” us, indeed. We were covered! Looked like something out of a "Body Snatchers" movie. Also, I left out some information due to being awake (at the point I attempted to write the review) too long and rushing to beat the utility company, which was scheduled to begin digging near my house to resolve a problem, that morning. I could hear their trucks massing at “the border” before descending on our property, when I hit the "Post Comment" button. They began promptly on time (8 am) and within 5 mins., hit my cable line, knocking out my TV and Internet access (premonitions do come true, sometimes). They did fix the leak - yeah. I was finally able to get to sleep about 6 pm Wednesday evening after being awake for over 35 hours and despite being exhausted, I loved having my experience from the night previous extended. I almost dread sleeping after such emotional "victories” but lack of sleep takes a bit of a toll on me, these days. I'm showing my age, for sure.

Here's what I left out; maniacal, insane, sinister, transedelic (just for Molo, alone). Greene and Molitz seem birthed from test tubes just to play in this band. I hadn't even heard of Jackie Greene before he joined up and although I've seen Particle a half dozen times (awesome band) and Hydra once, I had no idea Steve Molitz was capable of fitting in with Phil's vision so well. Greene appeared to be connected directly to the power plant over on Sparrows Point and they were spinning full bore to keep him juiced. Phil is in an element never seen during many of his years with The Grateful Dead and I’m having the time of my life seeing these guys live, having the time of their lives.
Oh, and I also wanted to say, "Happy Birthday, Bob!" and "Happy Halloween!" to all.

GRTUD -Sounds like a great show, wonderful reporting. Thanks, I will have to get it. You do really point out how things are different "back east" with your mention of the "snot slinging jams" you have there. That scene is a bit intense for us laid back westerners. Even with that I would have liked to have been there.

Phil, Come to the Northwest. Gorge next summer!

If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.
Wiliam Blake

O!!! Say does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave? It doth indeed, thank God Himself.
At the Lyric Opera House, in Baltimore, MD. last evening, Phil Lesh and his Immortals unleashed the most sick, twisted, psychedelic, face fusing, Heimlich maneuver inducing assault on the human senses, in all of recorded history. I’m at a loss to begin to describe the mutating threat that emerges each time this band re-invents itself. Finding a place to start is difficult because “It” has no head or tail to catch. The identity of the band’s persona is more like a team or single organism than sum of parts. They ATTACKED in unison, like wolves, each assured of the others’ presence as they cornered and captured their prey, their songs, our imaginations. The rapture was sweet, raw, majestic and POTENT. The crescent moon that hung brilliantly in the cool, crisp autumn air could not contain the rich, intricate and layered sound that was produced by the Frankenstein monster group cobbled together by the mad scientist of sound, our beloved Phil Lesh. Tethered between Phil and the wild henchman of axe Larry Campbell, John Molo’s scissored pumpkin smile emanated from his formidable cranium as his imposing physique delivered blow after blow to the winching drum heads that barked like caged hounds. In an instant, Jackie Greene pulverized any notion that this band would be some artsy rendition of nostalgia when he leaped forward on every note from the show’s beginning bar of “Playin’…” until the last, sweet drop of “Box of Rain” The “GRTUD” was one of the most deranged and savage offerings I have ever heard, EVER! Awesome! Campbell needed a bib for the snot slinging jams he induced. Greene was simply un-human at the apexes of spiraling contortions that exerted themselves during “Eyes”. Molitz was every bit the boom town pianist as well techno reactant on “Watchtower” and “Golden Road To Unlimited Devotion”, among others. “I Know you Rider” resulted in a collective pool of consciousness and may take weeks to clean up. We all certainly left our hearts in section 34, which at least for the night, was occupied by the space known as the Lyric Opera House. Pure magic is all I can say about what I just witnessed. Thank you Phil, John, Larry, Steve and Jackie, I love you guys and can’t wait to see you again.

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